Although he never checked in, Gabe Simpson was on the Oklahoma State bench during the Cowboys’ 75-57 loss against Kansas State on Saturday.
Simpson is also a walk-on member of the OSU football team and was listed on the basketball roster as a 6-foot-3, 208-pound guard. Simpson, a freshman from Jay, is the first player from Mike Boynton’s Jan. 17, walk-on tryouts to make the roster. Former manager Tanner Taylor was added to the roster before the Cowboys’ game against South Carolina, but he didn’t participate in the tryouts.
There were five other prospective players practicing with the Cowboys on Thursday, but none have made it to the roster.